Mrs Boffin (of whose physiognomy I can never speak with the composure I would desire to preserve), and your mother, are not on terms of intimacy.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

And this from the Thirteenth Protocol: "* * * and you may also notice that we seek approval, not for our acts, but for our words uttered in regard to one or another question.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

Let us pass, and we shall put back the leg, so that you can sit up again and see all that is going on; but we claim your promise, and you must ask no questions."
— from The King of Gee-Whiz by Emerson Hough

Nevertheless he has gone on with his work, and, in Pendennis , has painted a young man as natural as Tom Jones.
— from Thackeray by Anthony Trollope

“I was present at your meeting, although not sufficiently near to overhear your conversation.
— from In White Raiment by William Le Queux